ZeroFox Intelligence Brief - Iranian APT Groups Increasing Cyber Espionage Activity

ZeroFox Intelligence Brief - Iranian APT Groups Increasing Cyber Espionage Activity

Product Serial: B-2023-10-25a

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In this Intelligence Brief, ZeroFox researchers provide updates on Iranian APT activity observed in the last few months, as well as expected activity in the wake of the Israel-Hamas War.

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Executive Summary

Iranian state-affiliated advanced persistent threat (APT) groups APT33 and APT34 have conducted an increasing number of targeted cyberattacks in recent months. These APTs will likely continue to play a key role in the Israel-Hamas war to support Iran and Hamas’ mis-and disinformation campaigns and other cyber espionage and intelligence operations. The groups have a standing mandate to conduct cyber espionage on behalf of the Iran regime, and it is very likely these groups will mirror or exceed Iran’s operational pace vis-à-vis the conflicts in which Iran finds itself with its near-peer and regional geopolitical rivals.